Two suspects — one of them a teen — lifted 15 steel railroad tie plates from the tracks in Wysox Township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania state police say.

James Taylor, 27, of Monroeton, Pa., and a 15-year-old boy swapped the stolen plates for money at Towanda Iron and Metal, according to police.

They were charged with theft by unlawful taking July 28 by troopers in Towanda.

Mother and daughter arrested

A mother and daughter are facing charges after police say they shoplifted at an Aldi store in Painted Post on July 22.

Susan Francis, 58, and daughter Laurene Francis, 33, of Westfield, Pa., were charged with misdemeanor counts of petit larceny. Susan Francis was also charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, a misdemeanor, and unlawful possession of marijuana, a violation.

The pair was arraigned in Lindley Town Court and sent to the Steuben County jail with bail set at $250 cash or $500 bond, police said.

Police say a teenage girl had more than 100 grams of cocaine — and the packaging used to sell it — in her Binghamton East Side home.

Jeana E. Dimeo, 19, was taken into custody Monday after the Broome County Special Investigations Unit Task Force raided 133 E. Frederick St., where they found 119 grams of powder cocaine and crack cocaine.

Dimeo was arraigned in Binghamton City Court on two felony counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and two misdemeanor counts of criminal use of drug paraphernalia. She was sent to the Broome County jail and then released ahead of her next court appearance.

Burlington Coat burglary

A Johnson City duo is accused of snatching merchandise from Burlington Coat Factory in the Oakdale Mall — and one of them had previously been banned from the store, police said.

Pamela Greene, 52, and Islam Greene, 27, were taken into custody by Johnson City police Aug. 7., in the mall parking lot. Police said they had a child with them.

Police said they left the store with the stolen goods, ignoring employees asking them to stop.

Pamela Greene had been previously banned from the store, officials said. She was charged with a felony count of third-degree burglary and a misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child. She was scheduled to appear in Union Town Court at a later date.

Islam Green was charged with petit larceny and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors. He was ticketed to appear in Johnson City Village Court.

Fake $20 in Endicott

A man who tried to pay his restaurant bill with a fake $20 was charged with a felony instead.

Police say Alan Decker, 33, of Endicott, used the fake cash at a Washington Avenue restaurant — no word on which one. He was charged July 29 with first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument and arraigned in Endicott Village Court.

Around the state

• Two home health aides in Orange County have been charged with stealing $880 from an Alzheimer’s patient. Amirah Reynolds, 22, of Poughkeepsie, and Raven Snipe, 23, of Middletown, worked at a home in the Town of Blooming Grove, police said. They are accused of stealing between Jan. 18 and Feb. 20 of this year.

Snipe was arraigned in Blooming Grove Town Court on two felony counts of second-degree forgery and four misdemeanor counts of petit larceny. Reynolds was arraigned in Poughkeepsie City Court on one count of petit larceny.

• Colonie police are on the hunt for a man in a parking lot shooting that started with a argument in a movie ticket line in Colonie, just outside Albany.

The Albany Times Union reported that someone shot Jermel Hawkins, 38, of Schenectady, multiple times in the stomach. Hawkins is recovering at Albany Medical Center.

The driver of a 2005 Audi sedan fled the scene after rear-ending a 2004 Chevrolet Aveo around 1 a.m., forcing the Aveo into a 1998 Honda SUV, police said. Rochester firefighters freed the Chevrolet’s driver, who had minor injuries.

• A Rochester woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to sex trafficking.

Kasandra Weeks and co-defendant Steven Jones were accused of approaching a woman in 2013 and offered her drugs before driving her to Eerie County and coercing her into prostitution, the Democrat and Chronicle reported.

• An undercover prostitution sting in Clarkstown, Rockland County, ended with five “johns” facing charges, according to a report in The Journal News.

Rockland County District Attorney said the investigation targeted would-be sex buyers, pimps and traffickers.

• A former Albany County police officer was among 20 defendants facing charges in connection with a Troy-based, high-volume drug trafficking ring, according to the Troy Record.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced the indictments Aug 4., saying the charges follow a yearlong investigation in which $100,000 worth of cocaine and $14,000 worth of raw heroin were seized.

• A Watertown teenager is accused of giving another teenager a concussion after multiple punches, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.

• A Niagara County is facing a federal charge after police say he set off a homemade explosive device inside the garage of his mother’s home, according to a report in the Niagara Gazette.

Michael C. O’Neill had his leg amputated after the July 21 explosion, and a judge has placed him in federal custody, after ruling he posed a danger to the community.